Rug



E. HEIDENHEIM.

RUG.

APvLlCATIoN man MAR. 1, 1920.

1,381,832. ,Patentedune M9 i921.

j W ATTORNEYS EMMFUJEL HEKDENHEM, 02E' NEW YORK, N. Y.

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application mea nana 1, 1aed.

To ali w hom it 'may conceit/t ide it known that ll, Financiar,lflnmnrrninna, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of thecity of New York, borou h of Manhattan, in the county and State of "lewl'orlr, have invented a new and improved.

flug, of which the following is a full, clear, and enact description.

'lhis invention relates to the textile industry and especiall to theweaving of fabries. More particu arly the invention relates to animproved method of-nianufacturing rugs, also relates to the particularconstruction of the rug or similar articles..

object of the invei'itiony is to provide new and useful methods formanufacturing fabrics, and more particularly rugs, to the end that rugsmay be more economically made, and the color scheme of the rug may be soproduced as to greatly facilitate the :manufacture thereof. j

llt is also object of this invention to provide new and usefulmanufacturin methods for the production of rugs whichp will enable theweaver to make a rug from a single or braid of material, and enable himto change the color of the rug to produce a i'inally completed articleof manufacture having alternate bands or rings of colors to produce arug of pleasing appearanca lit is a purpose to produce an article ofmanufacture, such as a rug, having a novel and improved weave or braidwhichenables the manufacturer' to periodically reverse the side of thebraid to vary the alternate color bands or rings of the rug.

llt is an additional purpose to produce an article of manufacture, suchas a rug, in accordance with the manufacturin constituting a will enablethe construction of rugs having a periodic color change without thenecessit7 ci changing the material.

Y@ith the above principal objects and others in view, the invention hasrelation to the' certain manfacturing methods and article as set forthin the appended claim delining this invention, and one particular eX-ample of which is presented in 'the' following Specification andportrayed in ythe accompanying drawings, wherein:

' F igure l diagrammatically represents one side of the rug; and Fig. 2diagrammatically tipeoincatlon of Letters Patent.

methods part of my invention, whichy Patented June 1d, tutti., serialNo. seance.

represents the reverse side in Fig. l.

Fig. 3 shows a detail view of a section of rug material broken away andremoved from the rug to illustrate how the braid is reversed to changethe color thereof.

Fig. 4 represents a detail view of the braid employed in making the rug.Fig. 5 shows the warp threads of the braid crossed to illustrate theirposition when the braid is reversed by the manufacturer F ig. 6 shows afragmentary perspective of the rug shown view of two dissimllarlycolored woof bands,

with one band partly overlapping the other to facilitate anunderstanding of how the woofs are platted across the warps.

rug, or fabric material, constructed in accordance with the plans ofthis invention is made up of a single braid, the said braid having twopredominant colors. The braid itself is'woven by using a pair of warpthreads or strands which carry a pair of transversely woven or plattedWoof bands. wo Woof bands are used, each of which is different in colorfrom the `other. F or the purpose of the present speciiication, and inorder to disclose the color arrangement employed in this invention, itis to be assumed that a blue and a white woof band will be used formaking up the braid. 'l'he blue Woof band is represented in the shadedportions, of the drawings, while the white Woof band is usuallyrepresented in the unshaded parts thereof or in the stippled parts ofthe drawings. rThe Woof bands, are so woven as to expose 'the majorportion of the blue band on one side of the braid, while the white bandis exposed on the other side of the braid. This mode of weaving producesa strand of material having a blue coor on one side and white on thereverse s1 e.

ln presenting a more detailed disclosure of the invention, there isshown in Figs. l and 2 a single rug. These figures are made indiagrammatic form. to simplify the disclosure of the method of weavingthe rug., The figures illustrate the two sides of a rug, that is to say,Fig. l shows the to yof the rug and Fig. 2 vshows the reverse `si ethereof, It is to be observed how the central portion B of one side ofthe rug predomition of the rug on the reverse side thereofA is white, asshown at W, '.llhe blue center is immediatelyfollowed by a white band orring W, and, likewise, the white ring-or band W is followed by anotherblue band B. This is the case, except conversely in color arrangement,with the other side of the rug, as shown in Fig. 2.

The particular feature which characterizes this invention, and whichenables the manufacturer to produce rugs having the alternatearrangement of colors as above described, resides in the novel method ofproducing the braid so as to make one side of the braid blue and theother side thereof white. I am aware that it is not new to manufacturerugs simply having an alternate color arrangement, whereby there isconsecutively woven a blue and white ring, one around the other, to makearug; but I do claim as new the method of producing the alternate colorrings or bands by using first one side and then the other of a braidedmaterial so as to bring out the alternate color bands orvrings.

Another feature which characterizes rugs made in accordance with plansof my invention, resides in the alternate arrangement of the colorscheme to form both a blue and a white center on a single rug, where theblue is on one side thereof and the white on the reverse side thereof.Likewise, the,

white band `W changes to a blue band B when the rug is observed from theother side. Therefore the colors B and W are adjacent one the other inthe single rug, as seen by observing first one side of the rug and thenthe other.

A description will now follow of the manner of weaving a single braidhaving such novel characteristics as enables the manufacturer to producea rug of the type above described. And then will follow a description ofhow the braid is joined together to make the rug.

With particular reference to Figs. 4 and 5, there is shown-a pair ofwarp threads or strands 7 These threads or strands may toe made of anysuitable material, such as yarn, cotton or fiber. The warp strands 7 maybe made by twisting to ether'a number of smaller threads to pro uce awarp of suitable size and body. rlhe warp threads 7 are t:held in asuitable weaving machine in parallel relation to receive and support apair of transversely woven or platted woof bands.

A pair of woof bands 9 and 10 are platted upon the parallel warp threads7. 'lhe white woof band 9 and the blue woof band 10 are so woven as toproduce a braid predominantly white on one side and predominantly blueon the other side. rl`he braid -herein referred to is drawn in detail in4 and represents the platted or woven warp threads and woofs, making thecompleted strand of material, usually about the width as shown in Fig. 4and of indeterminate length, from which rugs are made. The Woof bands 9and 10 are laid together in parallel relation with one band slightlyoverlapping the other band. For example, the whlte and blue woofs arestarted on the warps 7 by lapping the blue woof 10 Ipartly over thewhite woof 9, as shown in ig. 6. The woofs are carried across theparallel warps by inserting them first over one warp and under the next,weavingv and winding the woof bands back and forth until a completedbraid is made to appear as that shown in Fig. 4.

The woofs are so woven as to expose the blue band 10 on one side of thebraid and the white band 9 on the other side of the braid. This isvcarried out through the agency of a braid machine employed for thepurpose of weaving the braids, and which constitutes4 subject matterapart yfrom the present application. The particular character of theweave, whereby blue is-obtained on one side and white on the other, iseffected by pushing the blue band 10 ahead of the white band when the'woofs are thrown across one side of the warps during one cycle of theweaving operation., and by pushing the white band ahead of the blue bandduring the next cycle of the operation .when

the woofs are passed across the warps on the other side thereof.

The platted braid made as above described predominates in blue B on oneside of the bra-fd, and predominates in white W on the other side of thebraid. This feature is dislosed in Fig. 4, where at T the braid istwisted to expose the blue side l5 and the white side W. Where thetwistT occurs, the braid may be flattened and' pressed out to remain the samewidth at the point T as along the entire body of the braid. The twist,therefore, does not mar the appearance of the braid since the warps andwoofs are soft and pliable and may be pressed down to form a flatsurface. Fig. 5 is presented to disclose the two warp threads 7 separatefrom the woofs to illustrate the manner of crossing the warps over atthe twist rlin order to reverse the sides of the woofs carried upon thewarps.

Having thus described the method of producing the flat braid B-W, adescription will now be given of how this novel braid is employed in themanufacture of rugs. rl`he braid B-W is manufactured in any suitablelengths, it being preferable to make assises sumed the desired size,whereupon the side of the braid is reversed to expose the other colorthereof. This is shown in the drawings at T, which points out the placeswhere the braid is twisted to thereof. The braid is now wound upon theblue center B until the desired width of the white band lV is obtained,whereupon the braid is again twisted or reversed to change the color ofthe rug being made. This manner of twistingor reversing the side of thebraid is carried out any number of times to produce the desired colorscheme comprising the alternate color rings. After the rug is completed,one side thereof will have the appearance as shown in Fig. l, while theother side thereof will be the reverse in color scheme and appear as inFig. 2.

Fig. 3 discloses an enlarged detail of a fragment of the rug removedfrom near the center thereof to facilitate an understanding' of thescheme employed to reverse the color pattern. In Fig. 3 it is noted howa portion thereof predominates in blue, or any dark color, and at thepoint T the braid is twisted over to reverse the color to show the WhiteW, or any light color, side of the change the color l braid. Theadjacent braids are sewed together in any suitable manner, such as isshown in this figure, either by hand or by machine. At the point thebraid is reversed or twisted, as at T, the braid is pressed down to makea smooth surface, and is likewise sewed to make a substantial, wellappearing piece of textile work, such as the ruigI shown in thedrawings.

aving thus described my invention, I

desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent:

The method of manufacturing rugs which consists of forming a strand oftwo parallel cords of material, two strands of material of dierent colorbraided around and through said parallel cords in such a manner that thecolor of one of said strands predominates on one side of the finishedproduct and the other color predominates upon the opposite side of saidfinished product, and subsequently wrapping said strand to form the rug,said strand being twisted at different points to form areas of diiferentcolors throughout the finished product.

EMANUEL HEIDEN HEIM.

